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Vascular endothelial growth factor B

 
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Vascular endothelial growth factor B
PDB rendering based on 2c7w.
Available structures: 2c7w
Identifiers
Symbols VEGFB; VEGFL; VRF
External IDs OMIM: 601398 MGI: 106199 HomoloGene: 2535
RNA expression pattern

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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 7423 22340
Ensembl ENSG00000173511 ENSMUSG00000024962
Uniprot P49765 P49766
Refseq XM_001128909 (mRNA)
XP_001128909 (protein)		 NM_011697 (mRNA)
NP_035827 (protein)
Location Chr 11: 63.76 - 63.76 Mb Chr 19: 7.05 - 7.05 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

Vascular endothelial growth factor B also known as VEGF-B is a protein which in humans is encoded by the VEGF-B gene.[1] VEGF-B is a growth factor that belongs to the vascular endothelial growth factor family of which VEGF-A is the best known member.

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Function

In contrast to VEGF-A, VEGF-B plays a less pronounced role in the vascular system: whereas VEGF-A is important for the formation of blood vessels, such as during development or in pathological conditions, VEGF-B seems only to play in role in the maintenance of newly formed blood vessels during pathological conditions.[2] VEGF-B plays also an important role on several types of neurons. It is important for the protection of neurons in the retina[3] and the cerebral cortex during stroke [4] and of motoneurons during motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[5]

VEGF-B exerts its effects via the FLT1 receptor.[6]

Interactions

Vascular endothelial growth factor B has been shown to interact with FLT1.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Entrez Gene: VEGFB vascular endothelial growth factor B". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=7423. 
  2. ^ Zhang F, Tang Z, Hou X, Lennartsson J, Li Y, Koch AW, Scotney P, Lee C, Arjunan P, Dong L, Kumar A, Rissanen TT, Wang B, Nagai N, Fons P, Fariss R, Zhang Y, Wawrousek E, Tansey G, Raber J, Fong GH, Ding H, Greenberg DA, Becker KG, Herbert JM, Nash A, Yla-Herttuala S, Cao Y, Watts RJ, Li X (April 2009). "VEGF-B is dispensable for blood vessel growth but critical for their survival, and VEGF-B targeting inhibits pathological angiogenesis". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106 (15): 6152–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.0813061106. PMID 19369214. 
  3. ^ Li Y, Zhang F, Nagai N, Tang Z, Zhang S, Scotney P, Lennartsson J, Zhu C, Qu Y, Fang C, Hua J, Matsuo O, Fong GH, Ding H, Cao Y, Becker KG, Nash A, Heldin CH, Li X (March 2008). "VEGF-B inhibits apoptosis via VEGFR-1-mediated suppression of the expression of BH3-only protein genes in mice and rats". J. Clin. Invest. 118 (3): 913–23. doi:10.1172/JCI33673. PMID 18259607. 
  4. ^ Sun Y, Jin K, Childs JT, Xie L, Mao XO, Greenberg DA (October 2004). "Increased severity of cerebral ischemic injury in vascular endothelial growth factor-B-deficient mice". J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 24 (10): 1146–52. PMID 15529014. 
  5. ^ Poesen K, Lambrechts D, Van Damme P, Dhondt J, Bender F, Frank N, Bogaert E, Claes B, Heylen L, Verheyen A, Raes K, Tjwa M, Eriksson U, Shibuya M, Nuydens R, Van Den Bosch L, Meert T, D'Hooge R, Sendtner M, Robberecht W, Carmeliet P (October 2008). "Novel role for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-1 and its ligand VEGF-B in motor neuron degeneration". J. Neurosci. 28 (42): 10451–9. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1092-08.2008. PMID 18923022. 
  6. ^ Yamazaki Y, Morita T (November 2006). "Molecular and functional diversity of vascular endothelial growth factors". Mol. Divers. 10 (4): 515–27. doi:10.1007/s11030-006-9027-3. PMID 16972015. 
  7. ^ Olofsson, B; Korpelainen E, Pepper M S, Mandriota S J, Aase K, Kumar V, Gunji Y, Jeltsch M M, Shibuya M, Alitalo K, Eriksson U (Sep. 1998). "Vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGF-B) binds to VEGF receptor-1 and regulates plasminogen activator activity in endothelial cells". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (UNITED STATES) 95 (20): 11709-14. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 9751730. 
  8. ^ Makinen, T; Olofsson B, Karpanen T, Hellman U, Soker S, Klagsbrun M, Eriksson U, Alitalo K (Jul. 1999). "Differential binding of vascular endothelial growth factor B splice and proteolytic isoforms to neuropilin-1". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 274 (30): 21217-22. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 10409677. 

Further reading

  • Poesen K, Lambrechts D et al. (2008). "Novel Role for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)Receptor-1 and Its Ligand VEGF-B in Motor Neuron Degeneration". J. Neurosci. 28 (42): 10451–9. PMID 18923022. 
  • Joukov V, Kaipainen A, Jeltsch M, et al. (1997). "Vascular endothelial growth factors VEGF-B and VEGF-C.". J. Cell. Physiol. 173 (2): 211–5. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199711)173:2<211:: AID-JCP23>3.0.CO;2-H. PMID 9365524. 
  • Olofsson B, Pajusola K, Kaipainen A, et al. (1996). "Vascular endothelial growth factor B, a novel growth factor for endothelial cells.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 (6): 2576–81. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.6.2576. PMID 8637916. 
  • Olofsson B, Pajusola K, von Euler G, et al. (1996). "Genomic organization of the mouse and human genes for vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGF-B) and characterization of a second splice isoform.". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (32): 19310–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.32.19310. PMID 8702615. 
  • Grimmond S, Lagercrantz J, Drinkwater C, et al. (1996). "Cloning and characterization of a novel human gene related to vascular endothelial growth factor.". Genome Res. 6 (2): 124–31. doi:10.1101/gr.6.2.124. PMID 8919691. 
  • Olofsson B, Korpelainen E, Pepper MS, et al. (1998). "Vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGF-B) binds to VEGF receptor-1 and regulates plasminogen activator activity in endothelial cells.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 (20): 11709–14. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.20.11709. PMID 9751730. 
  • Makinen T, Olofsson B, Karpanen T, et al. (1999). "Differential binding of vascular endothelial growth factor B splice and proteolytic isoforms to neuropilin-1.". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (30): 21217–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.30.21217. PMID 10409677. 
  • Ikuta T, Ariga H, Matsumoto K (2001). "Extracellular matrix tenascin-X in combination with vascular endothelial growth factor B enhances endothelial cell proliferation.". Genes Cells 5 (11): 913–927. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00376.x. PMID 11122379. 
  • Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932. 
  • Qi JH, Ebrahem Q, Moore N, et al. (2003). "A novel function for tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP3): inhibition of angiogenesis by blockage of VEGF binding to VEGF receptor-2.". Nat. Med. 9 (4): 407–15. doi:10.1038/nm846. PMID 12652295. 
  • Trompezinski S, Berthier-Vergnes O, Denis A, et al. (2004). "Comparative expression of vascular endothelial growth factor family members, VEGF-B, -C and -D, by normal human keratinocytes and fibroblasts.". Exp. Dermatol. 13 (2): 98–105. doi:10.1111/j.0906-6705.2004.00137.x. PMID 15009103. 
  • Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMID 15489334. 
  • Timoshenko AV, Chakraborty C, Wagner GF, Lala PK (2006). "COX-2-mediated stimulation of the lymphangiogenic factor VEGF-C in human breast cancer.". Br. J. Cancer 94 (8): 1154–63. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603067. PMID 16570043. 
  • Iyer S, Scotney PD, Nash AD, Ravi Acharya K (2006). "Crystal structure of human vascular endothelial growth factor-B: identification of amino acids important for receptor binding.". J. Mol. Biol. 359 (1): 76–85. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.002. PMID 16616187. 
  • Yamada E, Yamazaki K, Takano K, et al. (2007). "Iodide inhibits vascular endothelial growth factor-A expression in cultured human thyroid follicles: a microarray search for effects of thyrotropin and iodide on angiogenesis factors.". Thyroid 16 (6): 545–54. doi:10.1089/thy.2006.16.545. PMID 16839256. 
  • de Paulis A, Prevete N, Fiorentino I, et al. (2007). "Expression and functions of the vascular endothelial growth factors and their receptors in human basophils.". J. Immunol. 177 (10): 7322–31. PMID 17082651. 
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